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Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1936-08-07

Ohio Jewish Chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1936-08-07, page 01

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and
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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
^olume XVII—No., 136
COI..UMBUS,,OH[0, AUGUST 7, 1936
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy loc
Strictly Confidential
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
SPANISH FASCISTS ARE PLANNING EXPUL¬ SION OF JEWS
Boycott News The president of an eastern univer¬ sity, which was thc center of a bitter controversy over Nazi propaganda in its Gcrmah department last.year, may find that.his role in that scrap .Will cost him the presidency of one of the leading universities of the South.. ^ The threat of a boycott has forced the Loew chain of theatres to cancel a plan to show Max Schmeling and his wife on its .vatidevillc circuit... Speaking o» boycotts reminds us to remind ydu that among the outfits still dealing in Ger¬ man goods are Woolworth's, Se^rs- Roehuck, Montgomery Ward, Marshall Field, S: S. Krcsge, S. S, Kress and the: Grant stores... Jolin D. Hamilton, Landpn's dynamic campaign manager, . never answered the inquiry how cortic IhatAlf M. Landon, as chairman of the Ossawatomie State Hospital, Kan¬ sas, condones the regulation that only Gentiles need apply for the post .of resident physician...
Political , Some of our donfreres who took
¦ Paul Block to task for injecting the rjewish issue into the New York gubcr-
ndtqrial campaign pointed out that Block does not belong, to any Jewish organization.. .They're wrong.. 'What makes Block's attack still more dis- grdcefid is the fact that—if our .in- formation is correct—he is a member of the board of'directors .of New
. York's Temple Emariu-EI, , of. which Governor Lehman's brother-, Irving, is ,president...Judge Jonah7. Goldstein, who is bucking Tammany Half in' the primaries, has received telephone calls
: threatening him with death unless he withdraws from, the: race.. .For the third consecutive year Estelle M.Stern- berger has been iiivitedr to give the
, official coast-to-coast broadcast over the radioon Kellogg Pact Day, Au¬ gust 27th,. .Incidentally, Estelle is the outitanding woman worker—volunteer, if you please—for Roosevelt's reelcc-
..'tiqit;"...-.^ ¦ ¦ ¦¦
Whisperings
: It is being whispered ih London and Pari 5 that Qiarles Lindbergh's much- publicized visit to Germany was a sliclc attempt by Goebbels to gain some much-needed international gdod will for Nazi Germany...When the real story of the Spanish rebellion is told a,number of leading.European Fascist statesmen will be exposed as having had a hand in it.. .Emil; Jannings, the film star who was once a great favorite in America, has accepted an appoint¬ ment as state iactor from the Nazi gov¬ ernment., .Mrs. Leon Blum, spouse of the French premier, is the second wife . oE'that Jewish statesman! ..The robes worn by Nazi judges must now bb dec- oratedwith the swastika...Elizabeth Bergner, emigre German film actress, .is pleading with Francis .Lederer, Czech. Jewish star, to join her in the-
¦ film .version of Henri Bernstein's "Melo'V which is now bchig made in London...Quoting from Hitler'3 speeches or wi*itings to prove anything is now verboten in Germany without the special permission of the Nazi party's commission oh literature... .
Personalia
Robert Rodenkirchen, German-born Jersey City schoolboy,, indignstntly re¬ fused an invitation to represent Ger¬ many in the Olympic Games...Roden-' kirchen, who established a new world's record for the 200-meters recently, is not yet eligible to compete for Uncle Sam. ..Collecting Llncolniana is the hobby of Governor ,'Horner ofJlUnois , ...He already has more than. ¦6,500
. items... Sidney Cardozo, , nephew of Supreme Court Justice " Cardozo, is giving signs of being a promising actoi* .. .Friends of,the late Dr. David Neu- mark, professor of Jewish philosophy at the .Hebrew Union College, com-
. niemorated his 70th birthday on Au¬ gust 3rd.. .We erred In reporting that Charlotte Epstein, c p a c h of the Women's Swimraing Association, had gone to Germany to attend the Olym¬ pics .at her own expense...Miss Ep¬ stein sailed ori the Exochereta' for a tour of Italy and Egypt... A new treatment to keep bread from getting stale has been perfected by A. K. Ep¬ stein and B. R. Harris of Chicago... Dr. Marie Pichel Warner, eminent gynecologist, Is the producer of a mo¬ tion picture film called "Methods of Contraception" . . .Governor Lehman and Mrs. Ruth Fryan Owen are get¬ ting ready to extend mazel tovs to each other...Mrs. Robert Lehman, daughter of Mrs. Owen, is .tnfantici pating,,.Her husband Is a cousin of the Governor...
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BARCELONA (WNS)—A second expulsion of thc Jews from Spain is one of thc cardinal points in the pro¬ gram of the Fascist rebels if, as and when they gain control of the Spanish government, it was revealed in secret documents found in the hoine of Cap- lain ¦ Lopez Varela, rebel leader in Barcelona, according to an announce¬ ment by the government of the province d£ Catalonia. Word of the discovery caused a shudder in Jewish drclcs here because of the fact that the papers, were found On July 30th> which is 444 years, to the day when the last Jews left Spain in. 1492 in accordance with the decree of expul¬ sion issued by Fcrdinaiid .and Isabella.
Other papers found, in Captain Varcla's home showed that.the Fascists plan to exile all Free-Masons, inter¬ nationalists and radicals and to set up a dictatorial regime tnodeled along the liniis of Nazi Germany. The late Gen¬ eral Jose Samjurjo, who was killed in a plane crash in Portugal while on his way tp assume command of the rebels, was to be named dictator. ¦¦
BERLIN (WNS)—Angered by the violence qf Nazi press attacks on the Popular Front Government of Spain, the Spanish Olympic team was. offi¬ cially withdrawn from the. Berlin games and.ordered to,return to Spain,
MADRID (WNS)—An ofifer from David Ellis Lit of Philadelphia, World War director of the Eastern division of the American Red Cross, to aid. the Spanish government in.caring for its wounded was rejected by the-Spanish Red Gross arid government OfRcials! Mr. Lit is a refugee.here. ,
EUROPEAN JEWRY FEARS
WORLD FASCIST FRONT
LONDON .(W,NS)^Mounting evi-. dence that German and Italian, funds arc backing the' Fascist rebellion in Spain is giving deep, concei-n to Euro¬ pean Jewry, which sees in ihis. united Fascist, front, a sign that the Fascist po\yers are prjeparing a world-wide of¬ fensive to impose Fascism everywhere.
Roosevelt Supports Jewish Homeland in Palestine
NEW YORK (WNS)—President ttooBevelt's interest in the rebuilding of Palestine is reiterated in a letter he has addrcBsbd to thc United Palestine Appeal for publication in that organiza¬ tion's Year Book, it was revealed here;. AddrcsBcd ta Grover A. Whalen, Honorary Chairman of the U, P. A. committee Bponsor- ing the Year Book, thc letter reads aa follows:;
"We nieed from time to time to renew oiir faith in thoae eternal verities which are and which muat foirover remain the bases of human betterment. First among these is thc common aspiration of mankind to seek communion, with thb Great Ruler of Human Destiny and next is the love of th^ homeland, which is a nd,tural aspiration of our devotion to family life.
"The interest which I have had and have'frequently mani¬ fested in the rebuilding of the ancieitt Jewish homeland is, I am persuaded, an interest which is shared by all who recognize that every people has thc inalienable right to life, liberty and thc pur-. suit of haptiiiiess. It is a source of renewed hope and courage that, by the international accord and by the moral support of the , peoples of thc world, men and women.of Jewish faith have a right to rcBCttle thc land where their faith was born and ^rom which much of our modern civilization has emanated."
In another letter received by the Year Book committee Gov¬ ernor Herbert H. Lehman of New York declares that the economic ; and spiritual developtnent of Palestine "is of greatest significance today because it promises to uphold and fortify civilization in its faith in the ancient ideals of justice, tolerance and charity" in these troubled times.
Pelley Predict^Pogroms f or U. S. In Los Angeles Speech
New Uneasiness Grips Palestine in 16th Week of Riots; 50 Jews Now Dead; Arabs Deadlocked on Ending Strike
Jewish Congress Opening On N.B.C. Broadcast
GENEVA (WNS)-iThe opening session.of the first World Jewish Con¬ gress at 9:15 p, m: (4:15 p. m. New York time) iSaturday evening, August 8th, will be hefard over anjnternational radio program to be broadcast to the United States on the National Broad- casting'System network, iSpeakers at the opening session will include. Dr. Stephen S. Wise, representatives .of the French, Swiss and other governments, Prof. Manly 6. Hudson, framer of the minorities rights clauses iii.the Peace Treaties:and now; on the staff of the Institute- of Higher Studies at Geneva; Salo Meyer,.president of the Confed¬ eration of Swiss Jewish Communities; Emil Ludwig, and Dr. Nahunt Gold¬ mann. The International Labor Ofiice of the League of Nations wiU be offi¬ cially represented by observers at all sessions. ', Ori Sunday night, August Dth, a special, session of the Congress will be devoted to the present situa¬ tion in Palestine, with Louis Lipsky as the chief speaker. The Sunday morning and afternoonsessiqns, will be set aside for a review of problems of Jews in various countries, with Jacob Lestchinsky speaking'on Poland; A. Tarakqwer will discuss Jewish mi¬ gration and Leon Kubowitaki will talk on the organization of the World Jew¬ ish Congress. Dr. George Bernhard, former editoir of the Berlin Vossischc Zeitung'and now editor of a refugee paper iii Paris, will be the chief speaker at the Monday iiight session, on the situation of German Jewry.
JERUSALEM (VVNS—Palcor Agency)—The sixteenth week of vio¬ lence and teri-or in Palestine has brought with it the same uneasiness and destruction that inarked the first week of the disturbances, despite the fact that Great Britain has appointed a Royal Gommission to investigate the disorders. The' Arabs,' who consid¬ ered the Royal Comniission over the week-end, have split'up in their' at¬ titude toward it, some favoring it, but the majority being opposed^to the nam¬ ing of, thie Commission. ,,.
The mysterious slaying of Yehuash Zoller and Yitzhak''Klishevsky, two young Jewish Watchmen .who were found dead in the vicinity or Yokhneara near Haifa, brought the toll of Jewish victims tq 50 on. the 106th day of the organized Arab campaign oi violence and sabotage.. ¦ .
Following a fire, and rifle attack on the oil pipeline of the Iraq Petroleum Company; the authorities have estab-' lished rigid ciirfew; regulations in the area from Tamrah in the. north near Nazareth to the Jordan River. Cur¬ few will be in force from 6:30 in the evening to four in the morning 200 metres on each side of,the pipeline. The line has been: damaged by sabo¬ teurs more than half a'dozen times in the past fortnight. The Transjordan Government issued new laws'for the defense of telephone and telegraph lines and the pipe lirtfrqf the Iraq Petroleum Company! fqllpwing several attempts in past few weeks to sabotage them.
Tense excitement gripped Haifa as Ar^b radicals forced the closing of all mosques to prevept tlie burying by Moslem ritual of Ahmed Naif, famous ¦Palestine "G-man" who was shot and killed in fronts of a mosque here by Arabs. Naif, a 39-year old constable, ha:d been famous for a number of years as one of the most competent ihvesti- igators in the country, being, especially
noted for, his uncovering , of Arab gangsters. His ii'on was also wounded when a barrage {of .bullets felled hirii front of the mosque.. Naif was slain because of t)is recent activities in rounding up the leaders in Arab ter¬ rorism. The chief mourners at Najf's funeral vfCre his fellow British and Jewish poliize officers. Despite the re¬ fusal of Arab extremists to permit his burial according^to the Mohammedan ritual, the funeral passed off quietly without additionatl disturbance.
A memorandum, was sent to all Dis¬ trict Coinmissioners by the Jewish set tiers of the Valley of Jezreel, and the Galilee and Shalron districts demand¬ ing the removal of Arab ofiicials and clerks who recently signed, an Arab petition to the High Commissioner en¬ dorsing the demands of Arab agitators. Expressing a lack bf trust in these oifficials, the Jewish agricultural, set¬ tlements declare that they do not want to deal, with tliem because they can no longer have any cqnfidence in their obligations to the Government. A sim¬ ilar, memorandum was also sent to the' Government by the Jewish Agency foi* Palestine, which requested that the- Arab officials who openly aligned them' selves with the instigators of the dis orders be replaced by Jewish official and clerks or by Arabs who did not sign the Arab' memorandum .to the High Commissioner.
Internal dissension and bitter con¬ flict among Arab leaders broke up the meeting of the Arab High Com.mittee before it could reach any decision' on the question of ending the lOB-dsy-old strike or formulate a definite attitude toward the Royal Commission named to inquire, into'the causes of the Arab disturbances. From the beginning of its. sessions the Arab High Commit¬ tee-was torn by sharp disagreements that frequently gave rise to fierce de¬ bate. . !
LOS ANGELES (WNS)—Amer¬ ica will ha^'c pogroms in thc near fu¬ ture, and "pogroin means simply 'open' season on Jews,'" William Dudley Pelley, leader of the silver-shir ted Christian Party, told COO memb"ers of the German-American Folk Union at a meeting here in the course of a speech in which he: traced the '.'schemes" of Jews to "Judai'ze the world" before 1040. Expressing his full sympathy with the Nazi move¬ ment in Germaiiy and eulogizing the anti-Semitic' sentiments of Hitler, whom he declared to have been chosen by God as, the savior of the German people, Pelley announced to his listen- that he too had been divinely chosen to save a great nation—Amer¬ ica—from the Jews.
Among the details he cited of the "Jewish plot" to capture America, which he declared was hatched in li)OJ>, was the bringing about of the world war, which, he said, "was cut and,dricd by this group before it ever started, -It Was their scheme for the Gentiles to Icill olT each other." ' He further explained that the appointment of Louis. Brandeis tq the Supreme Court bench was the price Woodrow Wilson had Jo pay for "indiscretions" committed with a Jewish woman; that Harding was made President by the Jews in .order to facilitate their loot¬
ing of the Treasury; that Hoover's Jewish batkcrs made him bring about tlio depression in order to give them an opportunity to put in thcir "key man"; and that the present adminis¬ tration is "Red, Jewish and Coinmu- nistic." He charged the President, whom he called "Frankly Destructivt Roosevelt," with .having "put a crew of Jewish auditors to Work in the base¬ ment of thc treasury rewriting the books Of this country,'' and declared that truthful ftews could not be ex¬ pected from the Associated Press be¬ cause, according to. the Pelley figures, 7it per cent of its New York personnel is Jewish. Whether Roosevelt or Lan¬ don is elected in November, he said, makes no difference, as JeWs are back¬ ing both. \ \
Pronouncing himself the savior of Anierita in this emergency, Pelley de¬ clared that the crisis would corne in a few months and would find his Sil¬ ver Shirts ready to. take over the lead¬ ership of the nation and put an entl ,to. "Jewish control."
A report of this speech was read, at a .meeting of the' Hollywood Lcagiic, against Nazism, which was addressed, by Eddie Cantor and Prince and Princess zu Lqwensleiq. Cantor, who told of being forced to hire a body¬
guard because of anti-Semitic threats against him, spoke also of the banning of his films by thc Nazis. , Prince ana/ Princess Lowenstein, exiles from Nazi' Germany, told of restrictions against personal liberties in Germany today and of the war-like tactics oi Chancel¬ lor Hitler. The meeting dispatched a . resolution to President Roosevelt, At¬ torney. General Cummings, Governor Merrlam of .California and District , Attorney Fitts of Los Angeles calling on them to investiga:te tin-Anlerican activiticssuch as Pelley's.
The text of the resolution reads: "William" Dudley Pelley, in. a speech \ before 450 people in German Hall, Lo.-! Angeles, California, on Saturday, July 18, 1930, declared: 'The time has come for an. American Hitler, and for a pogrom!' . Pelley. spoke under the auspices of the so-called Christian Party, an affiliate of the Friends of New Germany; As freeborn citizens of the United States of America we, onbehalf of the people assembled here. ' this night in the . ^yilshire-Ebell Tlieatre, Lbs Angeles,, California, de¬ mand an immediate and sweeping iq- .vestigatidn^ of these criminally sub' versive tactics which, incite to riot, murder and crime. SwOrn evidence of these charges is being; forwarded to
Royal Commission Will In¬ vestigate Palestine Mandate
Ghristian And Jewish Groups Draw Up Petition On German Refugees
NAZIS MAY BAN FREE JEWISH EMIGRATION
BERLIN (WNS)—Foreshadowing an imminent ban on free' Jewish emi¬ gration from Germany, the Nazi regime is now refusing to renew pass¬ ports of Jews or to grant passports to those reqUestiiig them. Back of this action is a desire to prevent Jews from taking their capital with them and thereby Curther'^ depleting Germany's resources, It is expected that all emi¬ gration wilt be banned shortly.
Mass Meeting to Discuss
Rieopening of Jewbh
Shelter Home
The .Haehnosis Orchim Society (the Hebrew Shelter Home) will hold a mass meeting at eight o'clock Tues¬ day evening, at the Agudath Achim Synagogue when,plans for re-opening the shelter home, which has been closed because of lack of funds, will be discuss^, '
The meeting is being called by Rabbis Leopold Greenwald and Mor^ decai Hirschsprung who are urging all members and friends of this worthy institution to attend this hn- portaut gathering. '
BERLIN (WNS)—The Nazi press has launched a new campaign of vituperation against Switzerland be¬ cause the government of that country has forbidden the'sale of Nazi pam¬ phlets telling the story of th^ assassi¬ nation of Wilhelm Gustloff, Swiss Nazi -leader, by David Frankfurter, Yugoslavian Jewish medical student.
chemist who had been grilled in'con- nection with the admission of a Black Legion plot to poison Detroit Jewry by infecting milk and cottage cheese with typhoid germs. According to thc. statement of the chemist, Who, was questioned after William Guthrie, Black Legion official, had revealed the poison plot, a high Black Legion offi¬ cial had talked of making bombs to throw, into meetings and automobiles, poison gas to be introduced through keyholes of rooms, and needles for in¬ jecting poison into people in the streets or in theatres. The chemist asserted that he refused to have anything to do with it.
Black Legion Planned to Bomb Jewish Buildings
DETROIT (WNS)—Bombing of Jewish meetings and institutions and the killing of Jews by poison gas and hypodermic needles was seriously con¬ sidered by the Black Legion, Prosecu¬ tor Duncan C. McCrea revealed in making public the declaration of a
T. H. Society Picnic Sunday At Olentangy Park
LONPON (WNS—Palcor Agency) ^The Royal Cornmission to investi¬ gate the causes of the; Palestine dis¬ orders will have Earl'Peel, twice Sec¬ retary, of. State for India, as its chair- ihan, Colonial Secretary. Ormsby-Gorc announced in the. House of Commons. in naming the Comtnission. Sir Horace Rumbold, former Ambassador to Ger¬ many and Poland,-will be vice chair^ mail, and the other members will be Sir Laurie Hammond, former Gover¬ nor of Assam and chairman of the In¬ dian Delimitation Committee; Sir Morris Carter, former Chief Justice and acting Governor .of Uganda; Sir Harold: Morris, President of', the In¬ dustrial Court and Chairman of the National Wages Board for Railways and Prof. Reginald Cqupland^ profes^ sor.Of Colonial History at Oxford. Mr. Martin of tlie Colonial .Office, will act as secretary of the Commission. The Commission will also inquire into thc manner in v/hlch ,the League of Nations Mandate has been implemented and will determine whether Arabs or Jews have legitimate grievances on thc basis of a proper construction of the Mandate, Mr. Ormsby-Gqre an^ nounced, adding that the Commission will make recommendations fOr the removal of well-founded grievances and for the .prevention, of their recur¬ rence. ,
Repeating that the Commission's in¬ quiry could not begin imtil order should have been restored in Palestine, the Colonial Secretary said-that con¬ sequently it was impossible to foretell when its report vyould be available.. . The. selection of Earl Peel as chair¬ man was attacked by Col." Josiah C. Wedgwood, Laborite, who accused him of being partisan to the Moslem cause; and who also asked why mefnbers of the House of Commons had been ex¬ cluded from membership on the Com¬ mission. Mr. Ormsby-Gqre replied that Earl Peel is noted for his im¬ partiality and that it was undesirable that either the Arabs or the' Jews should suspect any political aspect be¬ sides, that of including iepresentatives of all parties; he added that the. Com¬ mission would be enlarged to assure this, and that women had been ex¬ cluded because of religious objections.
Mrs. J. Schottenstein, 838 Bryden Rd., president of the Taharas Ha¬ mishpacha Society, has appointed Mrs. M. Goodman, 788 Wager St; and Mrs. Garek, 875 Oak St., chairman and co-chairman, respec¬ tively, for tlie picnic the group is giv¬ ing Sunday (tomorrow), at OleU' tangy park.
A large crowd is anticipated and an enjoyable afternoon is in store for all those who attend. , Proceeds from the allair will go to the society's building program.
Temple Sisterhood to Have Vacation Day Wednesday
In conjunction with the Rose E. Lazarus Sisterhood Vacation Day, the society wilt have a card, bingo, and mah-jong party at the home of Mrs. Allan Gunder sheimer, 42 Park Drive, at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday aftcmaon, August 12. Fifty cents will entitle guests to play during the afternoon. Cash prizes will be given for bingo, and guest prizes for bridge and mah- jong. Refreshments are to be compli¬ mentary.
NEW YORK (WNS)—An appeal that international action be taken by the League of Nations on behalf of group.s forced to.seek refuge from the Nazi government by fleeing from the Reich is contained in a petition made public .here and sponsored by a niimr ber of Jewish: and Christian groups. The petition is to be circulated among member, states of the League before its September plenary session, ¦ ,and supports the . letter . of , resignation issued by James G...McD9nald; former High Commissioner, for German ref¬ ugees, wheri he left his post last win¬ ter. : The groups sponsoring the peti¬ tion include the American Christian Coiiimittee for German Refugees, the American Jewish '..• Committee, B'nai B'rith, the Alliance Israelite Univer- selie, the Ligue des Droits.de rHomme ¦and similar societies. '
That the Nazi persecution of Jews, Catholics ..and other groups has given rise to an international situation, that calls for. League action becaiise many thousands of refugees have been forced to seek asylum in other countries is brought. out by- the petition, which emphasizes the obligation of the League to ."achieve international peace and security and tlic firm establish¬ ment of the understandings of'inter¬ national law as the actual rule of con¬ duct among governments." It h further pointed out that the German Government has violated its .pledg'e of June, 1010,. to treat minorities within its territory according tq the same principles as set forth in the League Minorities, Treaties. v
The petition lists nine cases of kid- napings and murders of German .ref¬ ugees in other countries by Nazis .and calls attention to "a system of espion¬ age and terrorism directed against refugees from Germany and entailing the direct responsibility of the Ger man Government." tt also points out that' under the German Aryan laws innocent people are deprived of essen¬ tial and primaiY human rights.
As. precedents for the intercession fbr which it pleads, the petition cites a number of historical instances, be¬ ginning with the Peace of Augsburg, which, in 1555, guai;anteed freedom of worship to Protestants as well as Catholics in the German principalities. Other instances of international action for the protection of minorities are the representations made tb the Austrian Empress Maria Therosia by Great Britain and Holland when Jews wiere banished from Bohemia in 1744; the insistence of Prince Bismarck in 1878 that the newly established state of Roumania recognize the civil rights of Jews and other religious minorities; the famous note of John Hay, U. S. Secretary of State, in protest against Roumanian persecution of Jews m 1902; and the protest of the Powers at the Lausanne Conference in 1923 against the Turkish refusal to take back the Armenians Of Turkey.
In a chapter devoted to the inter¬ national legal aspects of the Nazi pol¬
icies the, petition states that under the rules of international law sovereignty, ends where the, rights of other states begin, and lists the following viola¬ tions by the German government of the' rights oi other States: The,influx of . thousands of individuals, forced to emi¬ grate from Germany, into.the terri- . tory of neighboring countries; the German'refusal to accord diplomatic protection to such persons, who there¬ fore M-e stateless mdividuals in foreign territory; ^ and acts, of violence in. foreign territory in an. attempt to ex¬ ercise extraterritorial Vcriminal juris- diction^:
Quoting the statement of. President, Harrison of the U.. S. in 1891, in speaking'' of - the policies then' pursued 'by the Russian, government against its . Jewish subject, the petition cites the following passage; "The banishment, whether by direct, decree or by ho less ¦¦ certain indirect methods, of so large a number; of meii. and women is not a local ..question. A decree to leave¦ one country is, in the nature of things, ari order to enter anotherT—some other. This consideration, as well as the sug¬ gestions of humanity, furnishes ample ground for the remonstrances which wc have presented to Russia.'' :
The efforts already made by the; League in regard tp the German ref¬ ugee situation are surveyed in the doc¬ ument, and the imperative need for further action is pointed out. . A re- , consideration of the problem is- there¬ fore requested,, on the grounds tliat it is international in its implications and requires the'intercession of the League of Nations. ,
Big A. Z. A. Convention to
Be Held in Columbus
Labor Day
With September S. 0 and 7, the dates of the convention of Kentucky,, In-r diana and Ohio chapters of A. Z. A. to take place in Columbus, but a single month away, plans .are. rapidly near- ing completioii for the largest and most lavish occasion of its kind ever attempted by the local A. Z. A. chap¬ ter. Conclaves, athletics, a huge ban¬ quet, and a downtown dance aref on tlie program, to all of which the local Jew¬ ish community will be cordially in¬ vited. About 20O members of A. Z. A. will be in attendance.
Saturday evening, September 5, the convention will open with registration arid a delegate stag. ISunday, the 6th, besides being packed with conclaves^ baseball and tennis, is the date of the K. I. O. banquet, details of which will be announced in the forthcoming issue of the Chronicle. Prominent spezdcers. well known in American Jewry, are being contacted for their presence at this event,
Sunday, September G, will include further convention business ""and com¬ petition, but the outstanding attraction (Continued on page 2)

Central Ohio's Only
Jewish Newspaper
Reaching Every Home
®t|^ ®l|t0 J^ttttsI) Cbromrt^
Devoted to American
and
Jewish Ideals
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
^olume XVII—No., 136
COI..UMBUS,,OH[0, AUGUST 7, 1936
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy loc
Strictly Confidential
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
SPANISH FASCISTS ARE PLANNING EXPUL¬ SION OF JEWS
Boycott News The president of an eastern univer¬ sity, which was thc center of a bitter controversy over Nazi propaganda in its Gcrmah department last.year, may find that.his role in that scrap .Will cost him the presidency of one of the leading universities of the South.. ^ The threat of a boycott has forced the Loew chain of theatres to cancel a plan to show Max Schmeling and his wife on its .vatidevillc circuit... Speaking o» boycotts reminds us to remind ydu that among the outfits still dealing in Ger¬ man goods are Woolworth's, Se^rs- Roehuck, Montgomery Ward, Marshall Field, S: S. Krcsge, S. S, Kress and the: Grant stores... Jolin D. Hamilton, Landpn's dynamic campaign manager, . never answered the inquiry how cortic IhatAlf M. Landon, as chairman of the Ossawatomie State Hospital, Kan¬ sas, condones the regulation that only Gentiles need apply for the post .of resident physician...
Political , Some of our donfreres who took
¦ Paul Block to task for injecting the rjewish issue into the New York gubcr-
ndtqrial campaign pointed out that Block does not belong, to any Jewish organization.. .They're wrong.. 'What makes Block's attack still more dis- grdcefid is the fact that—if our .in- formation is correct—he is a member of the board of'directors .of New
. York's Temple Emariu-EI, , of. which Governor Lehman's brother-, Irving, is ,president...Judge Jonah7. Goldstein, who is bucking Tammany Half in' the primaries, has received telephone calls
: threatening him with death unless he withdraws from, the: race.. .For the third consecutive year Estelle M.Stern- berger has been iiivitedr to give the
, official coast-to-coast broadcast over the radioon Kellogg Pact Day, Au¬ gust 27th,. .Incidentally, Estelle is the outitanding woman worker—volunteer, if you please—for Roosevelt's reelcc-
..'tiqit;"...-.^ ¦ ¦ ¦¦
Whisperings
: It is being whispered ih London and Pari 5 that Qiarles Lindbergh's much- publicized visit to Germany was a sliclc attempt by Goebbels to gain some much-needed international gdod will for Nazi Germany...When the real story of the Spanish rebellion is told a,number of leading.European Fascist statesmen will be exposed as having had a hand in it.. .Emil; Jannings, the film star who was once a great favorite in America, has accepted an appoint¬ ment as state iactor from the Nazi gov¬ ernment., .Mrs. Leon Blum, spouse of the French premier, is the second wife . oE'that Jewish statesman! ..The robes worn by Nazi judges must now bb dec- oratedwith the swastika...Elizabeth Bergner, emigre German film actress, .is pleading with Francis .Lederer, Czech. Jewish star, to join her in the-
¦ film .version of Henri Bernstein's "Melo'V which is now bchig made in London...Quoting from Hitler'3 speeches or wi*itings to prove anything is now verboten in Germany without the special permission of the Nazi party's commission oh literature... .
Personalia
Robert Rodenkirchen, German-born Jersey City schoolboy,, indignstntly re¬ fused an invitation to represent Ger¬ many in the Olympic Games...Roden-' kirchen, who established a new world's record for the 200-meters recently, is not yet eligible to compete for Uncle Sam. ..Collecting Llncolniana is the hobby of Governor ,'Horner ofJlUnois , ...He already has more than. ¦6,500
. items... Sidney Cardozo, , nephew of Supreme Court Justice " Cardozo, is giving signs of being a promising actoi* .. .Friends of,the late Dr. David Neu- mark, professor of Jewish philosophy at the .Hebrew Union College, com-
. niemorated his 70th birthday on Au¬ gust 3rd.. .We erred In reporting that Charlotte Epstein, c p a c h of the Women's Swimraing Association, had gone to Germany to attend the Olym¬ pics .at her own expense...Miss Ep¬ stein sailed ori the Exochereta' for a tour of Italy and Egypt... A new treatment to keep bread from getting stale has been perfected by A. K. Ep¬ stein and B. R. Harris of Chicago... Dr. Marie Pichel Warner, eminent gynecologist, Is the producer of a mo¬ tion picture film called "Methods of Contraception" . . .Governor Lehman and Mrs. Ruth Fryan Owen are get¬ ting ready to extend mazel tovs to each other...Mrs. Robert Lehman, daughter of Mrs. Owen, is .tnfantici pating,,.Her husband Is a cousin of the Governor...
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BARCELONA (WNS)—A second expulsion of thc Jews from Spain is one of thc cardinal points in the pro¬ gram of the Fascist rebels if, as and when they gain control of the Spanish government, it was revealed in secret documents found in the hoine of Cap- lain ¦ Lopez Varela, rebel leader in Barcelona, according to an announce¬ ment by the government of the province d£ Catalonia. Word of the discovery caused a shudder in Jewish drclcs here because of the fact that the papers, were found On July 30th> which is 444 years, to the day when the last Jews left Spain in. 1492 in accordance with the decree of expul¬ sion issued by Fcrdinaiid .and Isabella.
Other papers found, in Captain Varcla's home showed that.the Fascists plan to exile all Free-Masons, inter¬ nationalists and radicals and to set up a dictatorial regime tnodeled along the liniis of Nazi Germany. The late Gen¬ eral Jose Samjurjo, who was killed in a plane crash in Portugal while on his way tp assume command of the rebels, was to be named dictator. ¦¦
BERLIN (WNS)—Angered by the violence qf Nazi press attacks on the Popular Front Government of Spain, the Spanish Olympic team was. offi¬ cially withdrawn from the. Berlin games and.ordered to,return to Spain,
MADRID (WNS)—An ofifer from David Ellis Lit of Philadelphia, World War director of the Eastern division of the American Red Cross, to aid. the Spanish government in.caring for its wounded was rejected by the-Spanish Red Gross arid government OfRcials! Mr. Lit is a refugee.here. ,
EUROPEAN JEWRY FEARS
WORLD FASCIST FRONT
LONDON .(W,NS)^Mounting evi-. dence that German and Italian, funds arc backing the' Fascist rebellion in Spain is giving deep, concei-n to Euro¬ pean Jewry, which sees in ihis. united Fascist, front, a sign that the Fascist po\yers are prjeparing a world-wide of¬ fensive to impose Fascism everywhere.
Roosevelt Supports Jewish Homeland in Palestine
NEW YORK (WNS)—President ttooBevelt's interest in the rebuilding of Palestine is reiterated in a letter he has addrcBsbd to thc United Palestine Appeal for publication in that organiza¬ tion's Year Book, it was revealed here;. AddrcsBcd ta Grover A. Whalen, Honorary Chairman of the U, P. A. committee Bponsor- ing the Year Book, thc letter reads aa follows:;
"We nieed from time to time to renew oiir faith in thoae eternal verities which are and which muat foirover remain the bases of human betterment. First among these is thc common aspiration of mankind to seek communion, with thb Great Ruler of Human Destiny and next is the love of th^ homeland, which is a nd,tural aspiration of our devotion to family life.
"The interest which I have had and have'frequently mani¬ fested in the rebuilding of the ancieitt Jewish homeland is, I am persuaded, an interest which is shared by all who recognize that every people has thc inalienable right to life, liberty and thc pur-. suit of haptiiiiess. It is a source of renewed hope and courage that, by the international accord and by the moral support of the , peoples of thc world, men and women.of Jewish faith have a right to rcBCttle thc land where their faith was born and ^rom which much of our modern civilization has emanated."
In another letter received by the Year Book committee Gov¬ ernor Herbert H. Lehman of New York declares that the economic ; and spiritual developtnent of Palestine "is of greatest significance today because it promises to uphold and fortify civilization in its faith in the ancient ideals of justice, tolerance and charity" in these troubled times.
Pelley Predict^Pogroms f or U. S. In Los Angeles Speech
New Uneasiness Grips Palestine in 16th Week of Riots; 50 Jews Now Dead; Arabs Deadlocked on Ending Strike
Jewish Congress Opening On N.B.C. Broadcast
GENEVA (WNS)-iThe opening session.of the first World Jewish Con¬ gress at 9:15 p, m: (4:15 p. m. New York time) iSaturday evening, August 8th, will be hefard over anjnternational radio program to be broadcast to the United States on the National Broad- casting'System network, iSpeakers at the opening session will include. Dr. Stephen S. Wise, representatives .of the French, Swiss and other governments, Prof. Manly 6. Hudson, framer of the minorities rights clauses iii.the Peace Treaties:and now; on the staff of the Institute- of Higher Studies at Geneva; Salo Meyer,.president of the Confed¬ eration of Swiss Jewish Communities; Emil Ludwig, and Dr. Nahunt Gold¬ mann. The International Labor Ofiice of the League of Nations wiU be offi¬ cially represented by observers at all sessions. ', Ori Sunday night, August Dth, a special, session of the Congress will be devoted to the present situa¬ tion in Palestine, with Louis Lipsky as the chief speaker. The Sunday morning and afternoonsessiqns, will be set aside for a review of problems of Jews in various countries, with Jacob Lestchinsky speaking'on Poland; A. Tarakqwer will discuss Jewish mi¬ gration and Leon Kubowitaki will talk on the organization of the World Jew¬ ish Congress. Dr. George Bernhard, former editoir of the Berlin Vossischc Zeitung'and now editor of a refugee paper iii Paris, will be the chief speaker at the Monday iiight session, on the situation of German Jewry.
JERUSALEM (VVNS—Palcor Agency)—The sixteenth week of vio¬ lence and teri-or in Palestine has brought with it the same uneasiness and destruction that inarked the first week of the disturbances, despite the fact that Great Britain has appointed a Royal Gommission to investigate the disorders. The' Arabs,' who consid¬ ered the Royal Comniission over the week-end, have split'up in their' at¬ titude toward it, some favoring it, but the majority being opposed^to the nam¬ ing of, thie Commission. ,,.
The mysterious slaying of Yehuash Zoller and Yitzhak''Klishevsky, two young Jewish Watchmen .who were found dead in the vicinity or Yokhneara near Haifa, brought the toll of Jewish victims tq 50 on. the 106th day of the organized Arab campaign oi violence and sabotage.. ¦ .
Following a fire, and rifle attack on the oil pipeline of the Iraq Petroleum Company; the authorities have estab-' lished rigid ciirfew; regulations in the area from Tamrah in the. north near Nazareth to the Jordan River. Cur¬ few will be in force from 6:30 in the evening to four in the morning 200 metres on each side of,the pipeline. The line has been: damaged by sabo¬ teurs more than half a'dozen times in the past fortnight. The Transjordan Government issued new laws'for the defense of telephone and telegraph lines and the pipe lirtfrqf the Iraq Petroleum Company! fqllpwing several attempts in past few weeks to sabotage them.
Tense excitement gripped Haifa as Ar^b radicals forced the closing of all mosques to prevept tlie burying by Moslem ritual of Ahmed Naif, famous ¦Palestine "G-man" who was shot and killed in fronts of a mosque here by Arabs. Naif, a 39-year old constable, ha:d been famous for a number of years as one of the most competent ihvesti- igators in the country, being, especially
noted for, his uncovering , of Arab gangsters. His ii'on was also wounded when a barrage {of .bullets felled hirii front of the mosque.. Naif was slain because of t)is recent activities in rounding up the leaders in Arab ter¬ rorism. The chief mourners at Najf's funeral vfCre his fellow British and Jewish poliize officers. Despite the re¬ fusal of Arab extremists to permit his burial according^to the Mohammedan ritual, the funeral passed off quietly without additionatl disturbance.
A memorandum, was sent to all Dis¬ trict Coinmissioners by the Jewish set tiers of the Valley of Jezreel, and the Galilee and Shalron districts demand¬ ing the removal of Arab ofiicials and clerks who recently signed, an Arab petition to the High Commissioner en¬ dorsing the demands of Arab agitators. Expressing a lack bf trust in these oifficials, the Jewish agricultural, set¬ tlements declare that they do not want to deal, with tliem because they can no longer have any cqnfidence in their obligations to the Government. A sim¬ ilar, memorandum was also sent to the' Government by the Jewish Agency foi* Palestine, which requested that the- Arab officials who openly aligned them' selves with the instigators of the dis orders be replaced by Jewish official and clerks or by Arabs who did not sign the Arab' memorandum .to the High Commissioner.
Internal dissension and bitter con¬ flict among Arab leaders broke up the meeting of the Arab High Com.mittee before it could reach any decision' on the question of ending the lOB-dsy-old strike or formulate a definite attitude toward the Royal Commission named to inquire, into'the causes of the Arab disturbances. From the beginning of its. sessions the Arab High Commit¬ tee-was torn by sharp disagreements that frequently gave rise to fierce de¬ bate. . !
LOS ANGELES (WNS)—Amer¬ ica will ha^'c pogroms in thc near fu¬ ture, and "pogroin means simply 'open' season on Jews,'" William Dudley Pelley, leader of the silver-shir ted Christian Party, told COO memb"ers of the German-American Folk Union at a meeting here in the course of a speech in which he: traced the '.'schemes" of Jews to "Judai'ze the world" before 1040. Expressing his full sympathy with the Nazi move¬ ment in Germaiiy and eulogizing the anti-Semitic' sentiments of Hitler, whom he declared to have been chosen by God as, the savior of the German people, Pelley announced to his listen- that he too had been divinely chosen to save a great nation—Amer¬ ica—from the Jews.
Among the details he cited of the "Jewish plot" to capture America, which he declared was hatched in li)OJ>, was the bringing about of the world war, which, he said, "was cut and,dricd by this group before it ever started, -It Was their scheme for the Gentiles to Icill olT each other." ' He further explained that the appointment of Louis. Brandeis tq the Supreme Court bench was the price Woodrow Wilson had Jo pay for "indiscretions" committed with a Jewish woman; that Harding was made President by the Jews in .order to facilitate their loot¬
ing of the Treasury; that Hoover's Jewish batkcrs made him bring about tlio depression in order to give them an opportunity to put in thcir "key man"; and that the present adminis¬ tration is "Red, Jewish and Coinmu- nistic." He charged the President, whom he called "Frankly Destructivt Roosevelt," with .having "put a crew of Jewish auditors to Work in the base¬ ment of thc treasury rewriting the books Of this country,'' and declared that truthful ftews could not be ex¬ pected from the Associated Press be¬ cause, according to. the Pelley figures, 7it per cent of its New York personnel is Jewish. Whether Roosevelt or Lan¬ don is elected in November, he said, makes no difference, as JeWs are back¬ ing both. \ \
Pronouncing himself the savior of Anierita in this emergency, Pelley de¬ clared that the crisis would corne in a few months and would find his Sil¬ ver Shirts ready to. take over the lead¬ ership of the nation and put an entl ,to. "Jewish control."
A report of this speech was read, at a .meeting of the' Hollywood Lcagiic, against Nazism, which was addressed, by Eddie Cantor and Prince and Princess zu Lqwensleiq. Cantor, who told of being forced to hire a body¬
guard because of anti-Semitic threats against him, spoke also of the banning of his films by thc Nazis. , Prince ana/ Princess Lowenstein, exiles from Nazi' Germany, told of restrictions against personal liberties in Germany today and of the war-like tactics oi Chancel¬ lor Hitler. The meeting dispatched a . resolution to President Roosevelt, At¬ torney. General Cummings, Governor Merrlam of .California and District , Attorney Fitts of Los Angeles calling on them to investiga:te tin-Anlerican activiticssuch as Pelley's.
The text of the resolution reads: "William" Dudley Pelley, in. a speech \ before 450 people in German Hall, Lo.-! Angeles, California, on Saturday, July 18, 1930, declared: 'The time has come for an. American Hitler, and for a pogrom!' . Pelley. spoke under the auspices of the so-called Christian Party, an affiliate of the Friends of New Germany; As freeborn citizens of the United States of America we, onbehalf of the people assembled here. ' this night in the . ^yilshire-Ebell Tlieatre, Lbs Angeles,, California, de¬ mand an immediate and sweeping iq- .vestigatidn^ of these criminally sub' versive tactics which, incite to riot, murder and crime. SwOrn evidence of these charges is being; forwarded to
Royal Commission Will In¬ vestigate Palestine Mandate
Ghristian And Jewish Groups Draw Up Petition On German Refugees
NAZIS MAY BAN FREE JEWISH EMIGRATION
BERLIN (WNS)—Foreshadowing an imminent ban on free' Jewish emi¬ gration from Germany, the Nazi regime is now refusing to renew pass¬ ports of Jews or to grant passports to those reqUestiiig them. Back of this action is a desire to prevent Jews from taking their capital with them and thereby Curther'^ depleting Germany's resources, It is expected that all emi¬ gration wilt be banned shortly.
Mass Meeting to Discuss
Rieopening of Jewbh
Shelter Home
The .Haehnosis Orchim Society (the Hebrew Shelter Home) will hold a mass meeting at eight o'clock Tues¬ day evening, at the Agudath Achim Synagogue when,plans for re-opening the shelter home, which has been closed because of lack of funds, will be discuss^, '
The meeting is being called by Rabbis Leopold Greenwald and Mor^ decai Hirschsprung who are urging all members and friends of this worthy institution to attend this hn- portaut gathering. '
BERLIN (WNS)—The Nazi press has launched a new campaign of vituperation against Switzerland be¬ cause the government of that country has forbidden the'sale of Nazi pam¬ phlets telling the story of th^ assassi¬ nation of Wilhelm Gustloff, Swiss Nazi -leader, by David Frankfurter, Yugoslavian Jewish medical student.
chemist who had been grilled in'con- nection with the admission of a Black Legion plot to poison Detroit Jewry by infecting milk and cottage cheese with typhoid germs. According to thc. statement of the chemist, Who, was questioned after William Guthrie, Black Legion official, had revealed the poison plot, a high Black Legion offi¬ cial had talked of making bombs to throw, into meetings and automobiles, poison gas to be introduced through keyholes of rooms, and needles for in¬ jecting poison into people in the streets or in theatres. The chemist asserted that he refused to have anything to do with it.
Black Legion Planned to Bomb Jewish Buildings
DETROIT (WNS)—Bombing of Jewish meetings and institutions and the killing of Jews by poison gas and hypodermic needles was seriously con¬ sidered by the Black Legion, Prosecu¬ tor Duncan C. McCrea revealed in making public the declaration of a
T. H. Society Picnic Sunday At Olentangy Park
LONPON (WNS—Palcor Agency) ^The Royal Cornmission to investi¬ gate the causes of the; Palestine dis¬ orders will have Earl'Peel, twice Sec¬ retary, of. State for India, as its chair- ihan, Colonial Secretary. Ormsby-Gorc announced in the. House of Commons. in naming the Comtnission. Sir Horace Rumbold, former Ambassador to Ger¬ many and Poland,-will be vice chair^ mail, and the other members will be Sir Laurie Hammond, former Gover¬ nor of Assam and chairman of the In¬ dian Delimitation Committee; Sir Morris Carter, former Chief Justice and acting Governor .of Uganda; Sir Harold: Morris, President of', the In¬ dustrial Court and Chairman of the National Wages Board for Railways and Prof. Reginald Cqupland^ profes^ sor.Of Colonial History at Oxford. Mr. Martin of tlie Colonial .Office, will act as secretary of the Commission. The Commission will also inquire into thc manner in v/hlch ,the League of Nations Mandate has been implemented and will determine whether Arabs or Jews have legitimate grievances on thc basis of a proper construction of the Mandate, Mr. Ormsby-Gqre an^ nounced, adding that the Commission will make recommendations fOr the removal of well-founded grievances and for the .prevention, of their recur¬ rence. ,
Repeating that the Commission's in¬ quiry could not begin imtil order should have been restored in Palestine, the Colonial Secretary said-that con¬ sequently it was impossible to foretell when its report vyould be available.. . The. selection of Earl Peel as chair¬ man was attacked by Col." Josiah C. Wedgwood, Laborite, who accused him of being partisan to the Moslem cause; and who also asked why mefnbers of the House of Commons had been ex¬ cluded from membership on the Com¬ mission. Mr. Ormsby-Gqre replied that Earl Peel is noted for his im¬ partiality and that it was undesirable that either the Arabs or the' Jews should suspect any political aspect be¬ sides, that of including iepresentatives of all parties; he added that the. Com¬ mission would be enlarged to assure this, and that women had been ex¬ cluded because of religious objections.
Mrs. J. Schottenstein, 838 Bryden Rd., president of the Taharas Ha¬ mishpacha Society, has appointed Mrs. M. Goodman, 788 Wager St; and Mrs. Garek, 875 Oak St., chairman and co-chairman, respec¬ tively, for tlie picnic the group is giv¬ ing Sunday (tomorrow), at OleU' tangy park.
A large crowd is anticipated and an enjoyable afternoon is in store for all those who attend. , Proceeds from the allair will go to the society's building program.
Temple Sisterhood to Have Vacation Day Wednesday
In conjunction with the Rose E. Lazarus Sisterhood Vacation Day, the society wilt have a card, bingo, and mah-jong party at the home of Mrs. Allan Gunder sheimer, 42 Park Drive, at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday aftcmaon, August 12. Fifty cents will entitle guests to play during the afternoon. Cash prizes will be given for bingo, and guest prizes for bridge and mah- jong. Refreshments are to be compli¬ mentary.
NEW YORK (WNS)—An appeal that international action be taken by the League of Nations on behalf of group.s forced to.seek refuge from the Nazi government by fleeing from the Reich is contained in a petition made public .here and sponsored by a niimr ber of Jewish: and Christian groups. The petition is to be circulated among member, states of the League before its September plenary session, ¦ ,and supports the . letter . of , resignation issued by James G...McD9nald; former High Commissioner, for German ref¬ ugees, wheri he left his post last win¬ ter. : The groups sponsoring the peti¬ tion include the American Christian Coiiimittee for German Refugees, the American Jewish '..• Committee, B'nai B'rith, the Alliance Israelite Univer- selie, the Ligue des Droits.de rHomme ¦and similar societies. '
That the Nazi persecution of Jews, Catholics ..and other groups has given rise to an international situation, that calls for. League action becaiise many thousands of refugees have been forced to seek asylum in other countries is brought. out by- the petition, which emphasizes the obligation of the League to ."achieve international peace and security and tlic firm establish¬ ment of the understandings of'inter¬ national law as the actual rule of con¬ duct among governments." It h further pointed out that the German Government has violated its .pledg'e of June, 1010,. to treat minorities within its territory according tq the same principles as set forth in the League Minorities, Treaties. v
The petition lists nine cases of kid- napings and murders of German .ref¬ ugees in other countries by Nazis .and calls attention to "a system of espion¬ age and terrorism directed against refugees from Germany and entailing the direct responsibility of the Ger man Government." tt also points out that' under the German Aryan laws innocent people are deprived of essen¬ tial and primaiY human rights.
As. precedents for the intercession fbr which it pleads, the petition cites a number of historical instances, be¬ ginning with the Peace of Augsburg, which, in 1555, guai;anteed freedom of worship to Protestants as well as Catholics in the German principalities. Other instances of international action for the protection of minorities are the representations made tb the Austrian Empress Maria Therosia by Great Britain and Holland when Jews wiere banished from Bohemia in 1744; the insistence of Prince Bismarck in 1878 that the newly established state of Roumania recognize the civil rights of Jews and other religious minorities; the famous note of John Hay, U. S. Secretary of State, in protest against Roumanian persecution of Jews m 1902; and the protest of the Powers at the Lausanne Conference in 1923 against the Turkish refusal to take back the Armenians Of Turkey.
In a chapter devoted to the inter¬ national legal aspects of the Nazi pol¬
icies the, petition states that under the rules of international law sovereignty, ends where the, rights of other states begin, and lists the following viola¬ tions by the German government of the' rights oi other States: The,influx of . thousands of individuals, forced to emi¬ grate from Germany, into.the terri- . tory of neighboring countries; the German'refusal to accord diplomatic protection to such persons, who there¬ fore M-e stateless mdividuals in foreign territory; ^ and acts, of violence in. foreign territory in an. attempt to ex¬ ercise extraterritorial Vcriminal juris- diction^:
Quoting the statement of. President, Harrison of the U.. S. in 1891, in speaking'' of - the policies then' pursued 'by the Russian, government against its . Jewish subject, the petition cites the following passage; "The banishment, whether by direct, decree or by ho less ¦¦ certain indirect methods, of so large a number; of meii. and women is not a local ..question. A decree to leave¦ one country is, in the nature of things, ari order to enter anotherT—some other. This consideration, as well as the sug¬ gestions of humanity, furnishes ample ground for the remonstrances which wc have presented to Russia.'' :
The efforts already made by the; League in regard tp the German ref¬ ugee situation are surveyed in the doc¬ ument, and the imperative need for further action is pointed out. . A re- , consideration of the problem is- there¬ fore requested,, on the grounds tliat it is international in its implications and requires the'intercession of the League of Nations. ,
Big A. Z. A. Convention to
Be Held in Columbus
Labor Day
With September S. 0 and 7, the dates of the convention of Kentucky,, In-r diana and Ohio chapters of A. Z. A. to take place in Columbus, but a single month away, plans .are. rapidly near- ing completioii for the largest and most lavish occasion of its kind ever attempted by the local A. Z. A. chap¬ ter. Conclaves, athletics, a huge ban¬ quet, and a downtown dance aref on tlie program, to all of which the local Jew¬ ish community will be cordially in¬ vited. About 20O members of A. Z. A. will be in attendance.
Saturday evening, September 5, the convention will open with registration arid a delegate stag. ISunday, the 6th, besides being packed with conclaves^ baseball and tennis, is the date of the K. I. O. banquet, details of which will be announced in the forthcoming issue of the Chronicle. Prominent spezdcers. well known in American Jewry, are being contacted for their presence at this event,
Sunday, September G, will include further convention business ""and com¬ petition, but the outstanding attraction (Continued on page 2)